Electric headlight control



' L. ANDERSON Y ELEGTRIQ HEADLI GHT CONTRQL Filed Aug. 16. 1926 2Sheets-Sheet l Inventor lawr'ence AnJerson Deg 27, 1927. 1,654,067

L. ANDERSQN ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT CONTROL Filed Aug. 16, was 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Inventor .Zawren c #nJerwu Attorney ii Ii till Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITED sures LAWRENCE ANDERSON, 041i AIJQ'IJL ELEC'IBIG IIEttIDLIG-H'llGUN .itpplieetion filed August 16, 151%. Serial No. ltd/led.

The present invention relates to unnutoniobile headlight, and aims toprovide it structure whereby the direction of the rays oi lip'ht fromthe headlight may be changed st will by an electrical control.

Another very important object or" the invention lies in the constructionol' on auto mobile headlight having it inovable retlector mountedtherein adapted to support an electrical bulb and having; moonsassociated therewith, wherebythe may be disposed at various angles inrespect to the axis of the casing tor the purpose (it directing the raysof light in a desired (li rection.

Another very important object of the in.- vcntion lies in the provisionof ii headlight structure oil the class described in CUl'HlJilldtionwith a plurality oi electrounagncts arranged for changing the reflectorto di'lierent positions for the purpose specified.

it. still further very important object ot the invention lies in theprovision of it headlight strl'icture ot this nature which is simple inits construction, inexpensive to nunmtactiiire, compact and col'ivenientand otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which is it is designed.

l l ith the above and other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel iteaturesoi construction, and in the combination and arrangement of ports as willbe hereinalter more fully described and clanned.

lo the drawingz--- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through theheadlight embodying the features oi. my invention,

Fig. 2 is a detail View of'one of the open sting trainee, and

3 is a transverse section telren through the headlight substantiallt onthe line 33 oi it.

lleierring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5denotes it headlight casing having it suitable rear end structure 6 anda cop i for supporting lens 8 'lhe forward end oi? the casing: 5 isprovided with an interiorly ex tending flange 9 tor re ceiving oi1imrabolic reflector 1,0 which at its center provided with an. extensionlit having square exterior and a round interior bore tor holding asocket receiving ineinber in which the bulb it and plug to may he axisoi the retlector the e no l.he electro-n'uip" ets 16 are dis-- on posedin. diametrn'zullv opposite pairs, one

pair being in a ditlerent plane l l'tili'l the other pain, 2 is more:IPJ'Jttt't-jll't- :t'roin an inspection ol 1 in 1., taken in connectionwith .lhe mechanism tor connecting one 65 pair of the magnetsoperativelv with the or;- tension ll. ol. the reflector 1.0 will be described in detail it beinp; understood that the sonic nuwunisni is usedin a duplicated form with the other pair oi electro-niegnets.

The numeral ltl denotes a main frame having arniatures ll] projectingtherefrom in opposite directions for association with the e1retro-insnct 1G. Springs 20 are dis posed about the air-nurtures 19 and tend tonmintuin the extension 11, as will be apporent as the descriptionproceeds, centrally with respect to the two electro-ina-gnets 16. do. :1timber-y rectungulo' tlralne is rocle ably mounted es at 22 in theironic 1.8, the axis of rocking bein dis iosed at right angles to theulinement o'l he urinatuires 19.

"the Stlllitl' l extension ll. is slidnble in the rectangular trainsEll. It ill, therefore be seen that it one of the magnets 16 isenergised, the two tlran'ies l8 and ill will be drawn toward said magnetand the reflector shifted accordingly. The aulrilisry frame 21, oi?course will roclr in relation to the main trains 18W rim, providedexterior-iv on the re hector 10 and a coiled spring s impinged againstthe tlonped end 9 oi the ca sing. 5 end the rim. 33 tor normally holdingthe refleetor 1O 'eo-sinallv disposed with respect to the casing 5.

From the above detuiled description, it will .be readily apparentthet bythe proper energization oft the mugnets 16, the reflector may be shiftedto pii-actieallv any desired position for throwing the light revs up ordown or to one side or the other. These olectronuiunets they becontrollable by suitable circuits from a hundy placer 'lhe presentembodiniient oi. the invention has been disclosed in detail merely bywiry oil: example, since in actuul practice it attains the features ofadvaintup e enumerated as de sirable in tin "tateuient oi. the inventionand the above descriptioit It apparent that lltl numerous changes in thedetails of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of partsmaybeeresorted to Without 'departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention as hereinafter claimed, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is:

A headlight of the class described including a casing, a reflector,"means for movably mounting the reflector in the casing, a

squared extension on the reflector, a pair of: rectangular framesslidahle on the s uared extension and disposed at right angles to eachother, a second pair of frames, means for rockably mounting the firstframes in the secondi'rames, electromagnets mounted in the casing, andarmatures projecting from the-second frames into the electrolmignets.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LAWRENCE A NDERSON.

